Cryptococcosis in Nonhuman Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-270

  Huang, Kuan Ying ^a,c   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,c   Hung, Iou Jih ^b,c   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949618141     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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